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Torrential monsoon rains have pounded southern Pakistan, triggering serious flooding affecting more than five million people, among them communities still recovering from last year’s extraordinary floods.
The disaster has reportedly claimed the lives of 199 people, destroyed or damaged nearly one million houses, and...

A year ago, Pakistan was hit by the worst floods in its history. Nearly 20 million people were affected as flood waters swept across the country.
Valerie Amos traveled to Pakistan in the first few weeks of the crisis, just as she took up her new role as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and...

28 July 2011 marks the first anniversary of the 2010 floods in Pakistan - one of the world’s most devastating natural disasters in recent times. Nearly a fifth of the country was flooded, affecting over 20 million people and resulting in some 14 million people in need of humanitarian aid. Livestock was killed, crops...

Six months after floods damaged and washed away homes and livelihoods in north-western Pakistan, the emergency is far from over. Millions of people are still in urgent need of humanitarian aid and funding for early recovery projects to help rebuild their lives.
The floods were the worst in history, triggered by unusually...